Ireland Vs Afghanistan
1-Innings Match Played At Harare Sports Club, 23-Mar-2018, One Day International (LA)
Afghanistan Win by 5 wkts
Round 942
Toss won by Ireland
Umpires JS Wilson (WI) - MA Gough (Eng) - GO Brathwaite (WI)
Umpire notes Match referee: Devdas Govindjee. TV Umpire: P Wilson
Home Side (neutral)
Player of Match Mohammad Shahzad
Comment 942/33
Super sixes: Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland, UAE, West Indies, Zimbabwe
Match 3 of 3 (Ireland already played UAE and West Indies in Group A).
With this win Afghanistan secured the second World Cup place along with West Indies
Match Report here
Ireland 1st Innings 209/7 Closed (Overs 50)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
WTS Porterfield* c Rahmat Shah b Mohammad Nabi 20 59 45 2 0
PR Stirling run out Najibullah Zadran/Mujeeb Zadran   55 124 87 3 1
A Balbirnie c Mohammad Shahzad b Rashid Khan 11 35 34 0 0
NJ O'Brien+ c Samiullah Shinwari b Dawlat Zadran 36 44 41 4 1
Simi Singh c Mohammad Shahzad b Rashid Khan 15 36 30 1 0
KJ O'Brien   b Rashid Khan 41 54 37 3 1
GC Wilson c Najibullah Zadran b Dawlat Zadran 11 40 18 0 0
AR McBrine not out   11 10 9 1 0
BJ McCarthy not out   0 4 0 0 0
WB Rankin dnb            
TJ Murtagh dnb            
extras   (b0 lb3 w5 nb1) 9        
TOTAL   7 wickets for 209        
FOW
1-53(WTS Porterfield) 2-77(A Balbirnie) 3-121(PR Stirling) 4-130(NJ O'Brien)
5-149(Simi Singh) 6-196(KJ O'Brien) 7-202(GC Wilson)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
Dawlat Zadran 10 0 54 2 1 1
Mujeeb Zadran 10 0 31 0 2 -
Gulbadin Naib 5 0 15 0 - -
Mohammad Nabi 9 0 48 1 1 -
Sharafuddin Ashraf 6 1 18 0 - -
Rashid Khan 10 0 40 3 1 -
Afghanistan 1st Innings 213/5 Closed (Overs 49.1)
Batsman Fieldsman Bowler Runs Min Bls 4s 6s
Mohammad Shahzad+ c WB Rankin b Simi Singh 54 66 50 6 2
Gulbadin Naib c AR McBrine b WB Rankin 45 115 91 3 0
Rahmat Shah c GC Wilson b Simi Singh 12 36 23 1 0
Samiullah Shinwari c GC Wilson b BJ McCarthy 27 78 63 2 0
Mohammad Nabi c AR McBrine b Simi Singh 12 36 24 1 0
Asghar Afghan* not out   39 53 29 4 1
Najibullah Zadran not out   17 24 15 0 1
Rashid Khan dnb            
Sharafuddin Ashraf dnb            
Dawlat Zadran dnb            
Mujeeb Zadran dnb            
extras   (b0 lb1 w6 nb0) 7        
TOTAL   5 wickets for 213        
FOW
1-86(Mohammad Shahzad) 2-113(Rahmat Shah) 3-117(Gulbadin Naib) 4-145(Mohammad Nabi)
5-181(Samiullah Shinwari)
Bowler Overs Maid Runs Wkts wd nb
BJ McCarthy 9.1 0 57 1 4 -
TJ Murtagh 10 0 46 0 1 -
WB Rankin 10 0 41 1 1 -
AR McBrine 10 1 38 0 - -
Simi Singh 10 2 30 3 - -
Copyright CricketEurope 2025 Stats by Cricket Statz | Last updated 27-Sep-2025.